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Getty Images The Texans signed linebacker Zach Cunningham to a four-year extension over the weekend to check off one of the two boxes on their contract to-do list. The other box is the one next to quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s name. Watson is heading into his fourth season and poised to cash in...

Getty Images The Vikings could have pursued free-agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, without giving up a second-round pick in 2021 and at least a fifth-round selection in 2022. But the Vikings surely wouldn’t have gotten Clowney for $12 million, the one-year salary Yannick Ngakoue will earn...

USA TODAY Sports Running back Lamar Miller practiced for the first time with his new team Monday. Miller spent all of training camp, which ended Sunday, on the Patriots’ active/physically unable to perform list. He passed his physical, and the Patriots activated him from the PUP list. Miller...

Getty Images The Texans have to be down to 53 players by Saturday afternoon and they started paring down their roster on Monday. Linebacker Daren Bates was released and two other players were waived off of the active roster. There were no corresponding additions. Bates had a short stay with...

Getty Images The Jaguars have tried and tried and tried some more to trade running back Leonard Fournette. And they still have more time to try to trade him. Even though the Jaguars have announced that Fournette, the fourth overall pick in the 2017 draft, has been waived, the move doesn’t...

Getty Images There was word earlier this month that the Texans were looking to extend the contracts of quarterback Deshaun Watson and linebacker Zach Cunningham before the start of the regular season. They are halfway there. NFL Media had the first report that Cunningham agreed to an extension...

Getty Images The Texans announced Friday that the team’s foundation has donated $25,000 to the United Way of Orange County (Texas) to assist in relief efforts following Hurricane Laura. Orange has produced some notable NFL players, including Earl Thomas, Kevin Smith, Ox Emerson, Chris Cole and...

Getty Images In only 13 days, the Chiefs commence the defense of their first Super Bowl win in 50 years by hosting the Texans. While that number widely is regarded as unlucky, the NFL’s luck has held up very well this year, with only one player left on the COVID-19 reserve list. But even as...

Getty Images NFL teams had different approaches to how they handled practice on Thursday with many of them choosing to scrap their scheduled sessions in order to have discussions about the Jacob Blake shooting, racial inequality and other subjects of the day. The Texans had those conversations...

Getty Images Like everyone else along the Gulf Coast of Texas, the Texans are bracing for Hurricane Laura. The team just announced they were closing the stadium today at 2:30 p.m. to allow everyone to get home safely. They plan to meet virtually Thursday morning and will determine later if...

Getty Images The Texans reported eight tryouts Wednesday, and there were some name players on the list. Quarterback Cody Kessler, defensive tackle Edgar Cerenord, offensive guard Spencer Drango, nose tackle Javier Edwards, receiver Ryan Grant, center Jon Halapio, linebacker Deon Lacey and...

Getty Images Texans wide receiver Keke Coutee has missed more than half his NFL career with injuries, and how has another one to deal with. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Coutee has been held out of practice recently because of a “minor stress fracture” in his foot. It’s...

Getty Images The NFL’s transactions wire brought an interesting twist — two more additions to the opt-out list. The deadline passed Aug. 6 with 67 players taking the NFL’s option. Now, players may opt out only under limited circumstances. The two exceptions are 1.) If a player receives a new...

Getty Images The Ravens were hoping to have fans at M&T Bank Stadium when the open the season against the Browns on September 13, but that won’t be the case. The team announced on Monday that they will not have any fans in attendance for the “initial part” of the 2020 season. There’s no word...

Getty Images The Texas coast is casting a leery eye toward the Gulf of Mexico where Tropical Storm Marco and Tropical Storm Laura are prepared to deliver an unprecedented back-to-back punch. Marco, downgraded from a hurricane, won’t have much affect on the Houston area as it soon will make...

Getty Images It did not take long after the Ravens released Earl Thomas for many to list the Cowboys as a leading contender for the Pro Bowl safety. The Cowboys, of course, make sense since they tried to trade for Thomas in 2018, but a source said “nothing right now” when asked if the team...

Getty Images The Texans signed inside linebacker Daren Bates and long snapper Anthony Kukwa, the team announced Sunday. They waived inside linebacker Jan Johnson in a corresponding move. “Daren Bates, he’s been a very productive special teams linebacker,” Texans coach and General Manager Bill...

Getty Images The NFL has suspended Seahawks center Kyle Fuller without pay for the first two games of the season, the team announced. Fuller violated the NFL policy on substances of abuse. Fuller remains eligible to participate in all preseason practices. After missing the first two weeks, he...

Getty Images Deshaun Watson went 52-6 at Gainesville High School, winning a Georgia state championship his junior season. The quarterback was 33-5 at Clemson, winning a national title as a junior, a year after losing to Alabama in the national championship game. He enters his fourth season...

Getty Images The Texans have placed outside linebacker Duke Ejiofor on injured reserve Friday, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Ejiofor tore an anterior cruciate ligament at the team’s Aug. 14 practice. Ejiofor, 25, tore his Achilles’ tendon a year ago and missed the season...